CTMA Group/REMINDER: Thematic Cruises on the St-Lawrence

Market Wire, June, 2009

Since June 12, the CTMA Vacancier cruise ship has been offering a one week cruise between Montreal, Les Iles de la Madeleine (3 days stopover), the Gaspesie peninsula and Quebec City. With a capacity of 400 passengers, this very comfortable ship offers thematic cruises based on gastronomy, nature observation, music and history. Specific activities take place on board on any one of the 15 cruises. These include shows by Georges Langford, conferences by Georges Brassard founder on the Montreal Insectarium, professional painter's demonstrations, performance by international story tellers and much more. Several booking options are available including a Cruise & Taste of the Islands package and a Cycle and Cruise package, that allow one to benefit from a complete week of activities, gastronomic meals, guided Tours and more, while cruising the magnificent St-Lawrence, starting at 969$ taxes included. For information and reservation, call 1-888-986-3278, visit www.ctma.ca or ask your Travel Agent.

There is still time to book certain thematic cruises. Here are those that are still available:

Bird Watching Cruise
July 17 to the 24th,
With the biologist Pierre Fradette and the Bird Watching expert Serge
beaudette - Complete program of talks and conferences and a special 3
day guided Tour of the best spots on the islands for bird watching,
including lunches (available on board).

Musical Cruise
August 28 to September 4th
With the Acadian Folk group Suroit
Shows - Conferences - Instruments workshops

Acadian Heritage Cruise
September 11 to the 18th
With the incredible group - Ode a l'Acadie
Shows - Activities - Guided Tours - Conferences

Gourmet Cruise
September 18 to the 25th
With Chefs jean-Paul Grappe and Roch Desjardins and a wine expert
Local produces, gastronomic meals, conferences, wine tasings
Exceptional participation of story tellers from the Festival
International Contes en Iles

http://www.ctma.ca/traversier-madeleine/cruise-608-promotions-and-thematic-cruises.cfm

PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES

Georges Langford - The islands poet invites us on a musical journey
From June 12 until September 18 (15 cruises)

Painting Symposium - See the artists at work at several locations on
the ship and share in their experience by way of workshops
From July 24th to August 1st

Georges Brassard - Speaker invited from August 14 to the 24th.
The colorful founder of Montreal's Insectarium

Festival International Contes en Iles
From September 18 to th 25th, story tellers from the festival are
invited to give performances on board

Contacts: CTMA Group Leonard Arsenault Marketing & Communication 418-986-6604 ext. 246 Leonard.arsenault@ctma.ca